Mic Check: Mark Zuckerberg Spends Millions On Immigration Reform

Trending In Our News Feeds – Supreme Court to hear major gay marriage cases. SCOTUS will begin hearing two cases this week that will determine whether the government can treat gay citizens differently from the straight population. Tomorrow, the Court will hear a case against California’s Prop 8 – a law that bans gay marriage. The following day, lawyers will bring the federal Defense of Marriage Act before the justices. Look for SCOTUS to rule on the cases in June.

Missouri senator announces gay marriage support on Tumblr. After sharing her recipe for a “pretty darn good” lemon meringue pie, Senator Claire McCaskill announced her support for gay marriage, declaring that this “is simply the right thing to do.”

Zuckerberg spends millions for immigration reform. Facebook CEO and cofounder Mark Zuckerberg has invested millions of dollars to develop a political advocacy group that will focus on immigration reform and long-term economic issues. Zuckerberg will team up with other tech executives to advocate for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. The group marks Zuckerberg’s first major move into politics: His previous political donations total $10,000.

Cyprus and EU reach bailout agreement. Good news: The global economy isn’t going to collapse! Late last night, Cypriot and euro zone officials hashed out a plan to rescue Cyprus’ failing economy. The agreement calls for a massive restructuring of Cyprus’ banking system and hefty fines on accounts over 100,000 euros. However, officials removed a controversial one-time tax on all Cypriot accounts from the agreement. The BBC tells us how Cyprus got in this mess in the first place.

Kerry makes surprise visit to Iraq. John Kerry became the first secretary of state to visit Iraq since the American withdrawal, when he made an unexpected stop in the country over the weekend. Kerry urged Iraq’s prime minister to stop Iran from using Iraqi airspace to transport weapons to the Assad regime in Syria. Unfortunately, the talk did not lead to a major breakthrough.

Florida Gulf Coast makes NCAA history. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles became the first 15- seed to ever reach the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament following their 10-point rout of San Diego State. The Eagles have won over fans with their flamboyant style, which has even inspired a rap video, “Dunk City.”

Status Updates – No deal, no break. Our friend Nick Troiano (co-founder and national field director for The Can Kicks Back) urges members of Congress to remain in Washington until they can agree how to reduce the national debt, in an op-ed for the L.A. Times.

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